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https://edition.cnn.com/2(...)ud-ruling/index.html
Takeaways from the $355 million civil fraud ruling against Donald Trump
Hopelijk zal de belastingdienst ook nog stappen gaan ondernemen. Belastingfraude nemen ze daar heel serious. Kijk bijvoorbeeld maar naar Al Capone.
En hij zal vast niet dezelfde argumenten gebruiken wanneer hij voor de supreme court staat. Dat de rechters niet onpartijdig zijn omdat 6 van de rechters door republikeinen daar geplaatst zijn, en 3 door Trump zelf.
Hopelijk zal dezelfde uitkomst (of erger) in hoger beroep ook worden uitgesproken.
https://edition.cnn.com/p(...)-02-16-24/index.html
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Takeaways from the $355 million civil fraud ruling against Donald Trump
Lol, duur grapje voor Trump. jammer alleen dat ze niet zijn hele bedrijf gesloten hebben zoals eerst het plan was. Maar 3 jaar geen zaken doen daar is ook prima.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.
Hopelijk zal de belastingdienst ook nog stappen gaan ondernemen. Belastingfraude nemen ze daar heel serious. Kijk bijvoorbeeld maar naar Al Capone.
En hij zal vast niet dezelfde argumenten gebruiken wanneer hij voor de supreme court staat. Dat de rechters niet onpartijdig zijn omdat 6 van de rechters door republikeinen daar geplaatst zijn, en 3 door Trump zelf.
Hopelijk zal dezelfde uitkomst (of erger) in hoger beroep ook worden uitgesproken.
https://edition.cnn.com/p(...)-02-16-24/index.html
quote:Trump will likely be forced to turn over full judgment amount of $355 million to move ahead with appeal
Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants will likely need to come up with the full judgment of $355 million ordered by Judge Arthur Engoron Friday, with potentially more in interest, in order to move forward with an appeal, sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to CNN.
Those sources explained that this is the typical procedure required by the law, though some of the details, including the total amount to be frozen, could change.
Trump and his lawyers said Friday they intend to appeal the decision.
That money will be held in an account pending the appellate process, which could take years to litigate.
The 9% interest Judge Engoron ordered Trump and his company to pay on the nearly $355 million judgment will continue to accrue until it's paid per the order.
Typically, the state requires a notice of appeal within 30 days of the judgment.
quote:Fact check: Trump's baseless claim that Biden and the Justice Department are behind his civil case
In his remarks Friday evening, President Donald Trump claimed, as he has before, that President Joe Biden was a hidden hand behind the civil fraud case in New York.
"All comes out of the DOJ, it all comes out of Biden," Trump said. "It's a witch hunt against his political opponent, the likes of which our country has never seen."
Facts First: There is no basis for Trump's claim that Biden or the Justice Department is behind the civil case. The case was brought by New York state Attorney General Letitia James - after an investigation she began in 2019, roughly two years before Biden became president. As Trump has repeatedly noted, James, a Democrat, campaigned in 2018 on a pledge to pursue Trump. Also, federal agencies do not have jurisdiction over state cases like this.
James filed the lawsuit that led to this trial in September 2022 - about two months before Trump launched his 2024 campaign.
quote:Judge: Common excuse that "everybody does it" is all the more reason to be vigilant in enforcing rules
The New York judge criticized one of the defenses put up by Donald Trump's lawyers in the civil fraud case, writing in his ruling that claiming "everybody does it" is no reason to get away with fraud.
In fact, Judge Arthur Engoron argued it's all the reason to be more vigilant in actually enforcing the rules.
"Here, despite the false financial statements, it is undisputed that defendants have made all required payments on time; the next group of lenders to receive bogus statements might not be so lucky. New York means business in combating business fraud," the judge said.
Known for his colorful writing, the judge also quoted an "ancient maxim" before saying the frauds at issue in this case "shock the conscience."
"As an ancient maxim has it, de minimis non curat lex, the law is not concerned with trifles. Neither is this Court," Judge Arthur Engoron wrote in his ruling. "But that is not what we have here." "The frauds found here leap off the page and shock the conscience," the judge wrote.
Remember: Trump's attorneys argued during the trial that the attorney general's claims against Trump had no victims -- the banks were paid back and were eager to do business with Trump.
But the attorney general argued, and the judge agreed, that the fraudulent loans Trump received at lower rates had an impact on the marketplace. Plus, the law used to bring the claims against Trump does not require there to be victims of fraud in a traditional sense.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68323366
quote:Avdiivka: Ukraine troops leave embattled eastern town
Ukraine's military says it has withdrawn its troops from Avdiivka - the key eastern town for months besieged by Russian forces.
Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said he acted "to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of service personnel".
He added that the troops were moved to "more favourable lines".
His deputy said the Russians had a huge artillery advantage, and were advancing "on the corpses of their own soldiers".
Avdiivka - a gateway to the Russian-seized city of Donetsk - has been engulfed in fierce fighting for months, and is now almost completely destroyed.
It has been a battlefield town since 2014, when Russian-backed fighters seized large swathes of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The fall of Avdiivka marks the biggest change on the more than 1,000km-long (620-mile) front line since Russian troops seized the nearby town of Bakhmut in May 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
In a statement on Facebook early on Saturday, Gen Col Syrskyi said his decision was based on "the operational situation around Avdiivka".
"Our soldiers performed their military duty with dignity, did everything possible to destroy the best Russian military units, inflicted significant losses on the enemy in terms of manpower and equipment."
Gen Syrskyi - who was only appointed as the country's top commander a few days ago - said Ukrainian troops were "taking measures to stabilise the situation and maintain our positions".
In a separate statement soon afterwards, one of his deputies said the troops had already left Avdiivka to "pre-prepared positions".
"In a situation where the enemy is advancing on the corpses of their own soldiers, with a ten-to-one shell advantage, under constant bombardment, this is the only correct solution," Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskyi added.
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby had earlier warned that Avdiivka was "at risk of falling into Russian control".
He said this was largely "because the Ukrainian forces on the ground are running out of artillery ammunition".
"Russia is sending wave after wave of conscript forces to attack Ukrainian positions," he said.
"And because Congress has yet to pass the supplemental bill, we have not been able to provide Ukraine with the artillery shells that they desperately need to disrupt these Russian assaults."
Earlier this week, the US Senate approved a $95bn (75bn) foreign aid package - including $60bn for Ukraine - after months of political wrangling, but it faces an uphill battle in the House of Representatives.
Ukraine is critically dependent on weapons supplies from the US and other Western allies to keep fighting Russia - a much bigger military force with an abundance of artillery ammunition.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Thursday that the US failure to approve continued military assistance to Ukraine was already having an impact on the battlefield.
Russian troops have been making significant gains in Avdiivka recently, threatening to encircle it.
Earlier this week some Ukrainian soldiers privately admitted the town could fall at any moment.
"We're upset," Ukrainian officer Oleksii, from Ukraine's 110th Mechanised Brigade in the Avdiivka area, told the BBC, standing beside a huge mobile artillery piece as Russian guns boomed in the distance.
"Currently we have two shells, but we have no [explosive] charges for them... so we can't fire them. As of now, we have run out of shells," said Oleksii.
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https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/(...)kraine-moet-doorgaan
Filmpje in artikel.quote:Rutte: Wilders weet donders goed dat steun aan Oekrane moet doorgaan
Het nieuw te vormen Nederlandse kabinet zal de steun voor Oekrane voortzetten, verwacht demissionair premier Mark Rutte. Als PVV-leider Wilders blijft volhouden dat Nederland moet stoppen met financile en materile steun aan Oekrane, is het volgens Rutte onmogelijk om een kabinet te vormen. "Volgens mij realiseert Geert Wilders zich dat dondersgoed."
De PVV is een van de weinige partijen in Nederland die wil stoppen met het leveren van wapens leveren aan Oekrane. Maar met 37 Kamerzetels is Wilders wel aan zet in de formatie. De andere partijen waar hij de afgelopen weken mee onderhandelde, VVD, NSC en BBB, zijn wel voor materile en financile steun aan Oekrane.
Nieuwsuur interviewde Rutte op de internationale veiligheidsconferentie in Mnchen. "Het is mijn absolute overtuiging dat een nieuw kabinet niet te vormen is als steun voor Oekrane niet doorgaat op schaal waarop die nu plaatsvindt", zegt hij. "In ons belang, voor onze waarden en onze veiligheid, moet Rusland deze strijd verliezen. Wij kunnen niet toegeven aan Geert Wilders."
NAVO
Ook reageerde Rutte op de woorden van de Amerikaanse oud-president n presidentskandidaat Donald Trump, die vorig weekend zei dat Rusland NAVO-landen mag aanvallen als die niet genoeg geld uitgeven aan defensie. Het doet de vraag rijzen of de NAVO nog wel kan rekenen op onvoorwaardelijke steun uit Amerika. Maar volgens Rutte moeten Europese landen naar zichzelf kijken en stoppen met "mopperen en zeuren" over Trump.
"Het laatste wat we moeten doen, is omdat Trump misschien terugkomt onze defensie-uitgaven verhogen. Alsof we daar Trump voor nodig hebben. We zijn dat al aan het doen."
Donderdag zei demissionair minister van Defensie Kajsa Ollongren nog dat Europese landen hun defensiebudget moeten verdubbelen naar 4 procent van het bruto binnenlands product als Amerika uit de NAVO stapt. Op dit moment is dat percentage nog 2 procent.
Dat is een streefgetal. De meeste Europese landen halen dat niet. Nu de Russische dreiging almaar groter wordt proberen steeds meer landen extra geld vrij te maken voor Defensie. Het steekt de Amerikaanse presidentskandidaat Trump dat Amerika meer spendeert aan (internationale) veiligheid dan NAVO-bondgenoten.
Secretaris-generaal bij de NAVO?
Rutte wil niet reageren op de vraag of hij de nieuwe secretaris-generaal van de NAVO wordt. Wel zegt hij dat wie het ook wordt, hij of zij goed zal moeten samenwerken met Amerika. Want dat land beseft volgens Rutte dat stabiliteit in Europa essentieel is.
"Stel je dat ons deel van Europa onder invloed komt van Rusland. Dat wordt een lanceerplatform vanuit Rusland naar Amerika. Het is in hun (Amerikaans, red.) belang dat er een sterke NAVO is. Wie ook president is. Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat altijd een grote meerderheid in het Congres dat zal steunen."
https://www.politico.eu/n(...)-loathing-in-munich/
Het artikel gaat nog op andere zaken inquote:FRANCE DIGS IN ON ‘BUY EUROPEAN’: While the bloc ramps up shell production, it could seek to alleviate Ukraine’s immediate shortage by using EU money to jointly purchase ammo on the global market.
Non: Yet, according to three EU diplomats, a small group of countries led by France is blocking attempts to use EU money for buying shells from outside of the bloc. The reason? European arms manufacturers need orders to justify ramping up their production.
How it went down: Earlier this week at a meeting of the Political and Security Committee, a majority of EU countries was in favor of allowing EU money to be used to buy non-EU produced shells as an emergency measure to help Ukraine, the diplomats told Playbook. But France, Greece and Cyprus opposed the effort, the diplomats said.
Receipts: That’s despite a senior French official telling my Paris colleagues late last month that France would allow non-EU purchases if the bloc missed its target of delivering 1 million shells to Ukraine by March — which it will.
Looking at you: France also won’t reveal the total amount in euros of its contributions to Ukraine, despite pressure from Germany (most countries have shown their cards).
Priorities: Paris has at times led the pack in supporting Ukraine, sending SCALP missiles even as Berlin balks at sending Tauruses. But by making immediate support for Ukraine secondary to the aim of building up the EU arms industry, France opens itself to accusations of cold-heartedness.
https://www.msn.com/en-au(...)52b00114fa626a&ei=34
Nog zo'n kind die beter gekleed is dan Loekasjenkoquote:Hypocrite Putin spotted in 7,000 Italian suit as he lectures about evil West
Putin has been spotted wearing an Italian made Brioni jacket despite his condemnation of the West and Nato.
The hypocrite donned the 7,000 Western made suit during a talk on modern medical technologies in Moscow.
He raised his arm during the talk and by doing so foolishly revealed the Brioni label.
Brioni is an elite brand made in Italy, a country which is an influential member of Nato.
While Putin is allowed to wear the highest fashion from the western world, he has subjected other Russian officials to give up western goods.
This means they must now use inferior Russian cars, while Putin hides his lavish lifestyle from the rest of his country
After all, he has many lavish palaces and a fleet of ocean-going private yachts.
Telegram channel Ne TV commented: ‘Putin talks about Nato’s desire to take over Russia, the corrupting influence of the West and the importance of import substitution in a Brioni suit from the Nato country of Italy.’
Putin is not the only dictator to channel a certain look after Kim Jong Un was spotted lounging around in a leather jacket puffing on a cigarette.
The carefully planned photo op was taken as he oversaw the test of a new surface-to-sea missile and visited a munitions factory.
The new missile, called Padasuri-6, or ‘Sea Eagle-6’, flew over the sea and hit its intended target.
https://www.defensenews.c(...)nd-robot-in-ukraine/
quote:Russia ups cash reward for capturing Estonian ground robot in Ukraine
MILAN — A Russian defense industry think tank has reportedly upped a cash reward for the capture of an Estonian-made unmanned ground vehicle operating in Ukraine, as ground robots are becoming prized assets on the battlefield.
The Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) first announced in 2022 that a reward of one million rubles, or roughly $11,000, would be given to any military personnel seizing a THeMIS vehicle, made by Edge Group subsidiary Milrem Robotics, in relatively intact condition.
On Feb. 15, the center’s director, Ruslan Pukhov, told state-owned news agency RIA Novosti that the award would be raised to two million rubles, or almost $22,000.
The decision, Pukhov told RIA Novosti, was in response to a statement made by Estonian intelligence connecting the think tank to the Russian intelligence services.
He was referring to a recent report by the Baltic nation’s foreign intelligence service claiming that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) was recruiting national academics and think tank experts who interact with foreign embassies.
The report directly targets Pukhov as a “protagonist” in this development, stating that he also has “extensive connections within Russia’s political leadership and the Russian Ministry of Defense.”
As of last month, Milrem had delivered 15 THeMIS unmanned vehicles to Ukraine’s forces, the company said in a Jan. 11 statement.
Company executives have said that the unmanned vehicles were performing especially well in missions related to demining and frontline cargo transport, citing feedback from Ukrainian soldiers.
Manufacturer Milrem is aware of the bounty placed on its vehicles, but executives say they are unfazed about the prospect of technology theft.
“Seems like I don’t have to work again this week since CAST has doubled their reward for capturing a THeMIS in Ukraine for 2 million rubles, thus doing marketing for me,” Gert Hankewitz, director of communications at Milrem, posted on LinkedIn this week.
In additional comments provided to Defense News, Hankewitz said that the company has “complete confidence in the Ukrainian army to utilize their THeMIS UGVs to their full capabilities and safeguard them against potential threats.”
The development speaks to the robot craze that seems to have grasped both sides in the Ukraine war. With troop or vehicle movements immediately detected and attacked, soldiers have resorted to sending robots on dangerous missions instead, according to analysts.
While some of these ground robots possess more advanced capabilities, as is the case for the THeMIS, others that have emerged on the battlefield are very basic in their design but yet appear to be effective in their logistics role.
Even with the special Russian interest in its THeMIS technology, Milrem said the company is ready to send more. “We look forward to providing additional systems in support of Ukraine if requested,” Hankewitz said.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)ory_gallery_is_back/
The original UAO Victory Gallery is back! Continuing in 2024 to turn Russian equipment (real SU34 planes, helicopters or 30mm shells) into Ukrainian art pieces!
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)nt_line_a_ukrainian/
A few kilometers from the front line, a Ukrainian drone kills a Russian military man, a suspected Z-propagandist.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)coke_chemical_plant/
Basements of the Avdiyiv Coke Chemical Plant: Inside it, military personnel take cover from constant enemy fire, and medics stabilize the wounded
Doet me denken aan Mariupol.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)r_are_together_in_a/
A cat and a Ukrainian soldier are together in a Avdiivka home waiting on the Russians
Zware gevechten gaande daar zo te horen ten tijde van het filmpje.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)avdiivka_coke_plant/
Sounds of bombing from the Avdiivka coke plant
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)_maneuvering_in_the/
Ukrainian armored unit maneuvering in the Avdiivka area.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)rlink_terminal_near/
Destruction of rusian Starlink terminal near Avdiivka posted by 71 brigade
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)have_come_to_the_uk/
These brave Ukrainian medics have come to the UK on a 10 day tour to show the British public an ambulance attacked and destroyed by Russia. People saving lives must be protected, not targeted.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)te_a_priest_for_the/
The original UAO Victory Gallery is back! Continuing in 2024 to turn Russian equipment (real SU34 planes, helicopters or 30mm shells) into Ukrainian art pieces!
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)nt_line_a_ukrainian/
A few kilometers from the front line, a Ukrainian drone kills a Russian military man, a suspected Z-propagandist.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)coke_chemical_plant/
Basements of the Avdiyiv Coke Chemical Plant: Inside it, military personnel take cover from constant enemy fire, and medics stabilize the wounded
Doet me denken aan Mariupol.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)r_are_together_in_a/
A cat and a Ukrainian soldier are together in a Avdiivka home waiting on the Russians
Zware gevechten gaande daar zo te horen ten tijde van het filmpje.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)avdiivka_coke_plant/
Sounds of bombing from the Avdiivka coke plant
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)_maneuvering_in_the/
Ukrainian armored unit maneuvering in the Avdiivka area.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)rlink_terminal_near/
Destruction of rusian Starlink terminal near Avdiivka posted by 71 brigade
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)have_come_to_the_uk/
These brave Ukrainian medics have come to the UK on a 10 day tour to show the British public an ambulance attacked and destroyed by Russia. People saving lives must be protected, not targeted.
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)te_a_priest_for_the/
quote:Russians torture and execute a priest, for the crime of praying in Ukrainian.
Russian soldiers have killed and tortured a local priest, Stepan Podolchak, in the temporarily occupied Kherson Region.
This was cited by @suspline.news, citing the Kalanchak administration.
“They dragged Stepan out of the house barefoot and put a bag on his head. Today, February 15th, they came and took his wife to identify him” the administration said.
Before the war, Stepan Podolchak always conducted services in the village of Kalanchak in Ukrainian. After the occupation, he continued to conduct services in his native language and was a patriot of Ukraine. The FSB summoned the priest for conversations on several occasions, demanding he switch to the Moscow Patriarchate, but he refused.
Per @united24.media
https://newsukraine.rbc.u(...)ivka-1708131152.html
quote:Ukrainian troops withdrawn from Avdiivka - Syrskyi
Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from Avdiivka in Donetsk region to avoid encirclement and to preserve the lives and health of servicemen, according to the commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
"Based on the operational situation that has developed around Avdiivka, in order to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of servicemen, I have decided to withdraw our units from the city and transition to a defensive stance at more advantageous positions," Syrskyi stated.
According to him, Ukrainian soldiers have performed their military duty honorably, done everything possible to destroy the best Russian military units, and inflicted significant losses on the enemy in personnel and equipment.
"We are taking measures to stabilize the situation and maintain our positions. The lives of servicemen are the highest value. We will still retake Avdiivka," he added.
Encirclement in Avdiivka was prevented
Commander of the Tavria Operational Strategic Group, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, stated that, according to the received orders, the troops have left Avdiivka for pre-prepared positions.
"In a situation where the enemy advances over the bodies of its own soldiers with a ten-to-one advantage in artillery, under constant bombardment, this is the only correct decision," he noted.
According to him, encirclement has been avoided, personnel has been withdrawn, and Ukrainian soldiers have taken up defensive positions at specified lines.
Fighting for Avdiivka
The Russian army began its advance on Avdiivka at the beginning of October. According to British intelligence, Avdiivka remains the main direction for Russia on the front.
Later, the third assault brigade confirmed that they had been redeployed to the Avdiivka area to reinforce Ukrainian defense. Defenders showed footage from Avdiivka and noted that the fighting in this direction is tougher than those in Bakhmut.
Yesterday, February 16, the commander of the Tavria Operational Strategic Group, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, announced the decision to withdraw from the position Zenit on the southeast outskirts of Avdiivka.
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Frankrijk snap ik ergens wel en Griekenland zal ook een eigen fabriek hebben. Maar waarom Cyprus?quote:Op zaterdag 17 februari 2024 05:26 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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https://www.politico.eu/n(...)-loathing-in-munich/
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Het artikel gaat nog op andere zaken in
Voor de lange termijn trouwens wel te verdedigen gedrag maar voor de korte termijn niet en ik snap ook niet waarom ze er voor een half jaar niet afstappen.
1/10 Van de rappers dankt zijn bestaan in Amerika aan de Nederlanders die zijn voorouders met een cruiseschip uit hun hongerige landen ophaalde om te werken op prachtige plantages.
"Oorlog is de overtreffende trap van concurrentie."
"Oorlog is de overtreffende trap van concurrentie."
Ik was er in maart. Ze voelen zich heel solidair met Oekraine. Misschien vanwege hun situatie met het bezette Turkse deel van hun land.quote:
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Frankrijk snap ik ergens wel en Griekenland zal ook een eigen fabriek hebben. Maar waarom Cyprus?
Voor de lange termijn trouwens wel te verdedigen gedrag maar voor de korte termijn niet en ik snap ook niet waarom ze er voor een half jaar niet afstappen.
Kierkegaard: Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards, But It Must Be Lived Forwards
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Helemaal mee eens. Overigens is een beperkte/gezonde mate van nationalisme niet verkeerd. Als leider van een land, is het normaal dat je het beste voorhebt met je eigen land. En dan zonder extreem gedrag en zonder het starten van zinloze oorlogen.
Een beetje patriottisme en chauvinisme; een zo fatsoenlijk mogelijk bestuur voor je eigen mensen (de heilstaat bestaat nu eenmaal niet), de wil om je land te verdedigen wanneer een hufter als Poetin komt binnenvallen, en voldoende drank in huis om feest te kunnen vieren als je land wereldkampioen koekhappen wordt.
Ik doe het ff rustig aan.
Geen tijdmachine hebbenquote:
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Maar het is pas februari.
Perhaps you've seen it, maybe in a dream.
A murky, forgotten land.
A murky, forgotten land.
Zo solidair dat dat halve land draait op Rusland...quote:Op zaterdag 17 februari 2024 08:48 schreef SEMTEX het volgende:
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Ik was er in maart. Ze voelen zich heel solidair met Oekraine. Misschien vanwege hun situatie met het bezette Turkse deel van hun land.
Google 'Rusland cyprus' en je krijgt zo duizenden hits dat ze altijd een innige band hebben gehad.
Overigens zijn Cyprus en Griekenland voor een groot deel 4 handen op 1 buik. Die hebben vaak dezelfde belangen.
En dat is nu precies de verkeerde omgangswijze wanneer het om gangsters (waar het Russische regime door gevormd wordt) gaat. Je zult de Russen echt met hun eigen wapens moeten bestrijden. Zonder ontzag voor Russische mensenlevens en eigendommen, hen intimideren en provoceren en vervolgens de vermoorde onschuld spelen wanneer ze daar op reageren enz.quote:Op vrijdag 16 februari 2024 17:40 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
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We hebben zo'n beetje gedurende de hele zelfstandige geschiedenis van Ukraine zitten twijfelen, voorzichtig gedaan, gede-escaleert, Putin niet geprovoceert, gepraat, gedealed, toegegeven, laten gaan en vooral niets en te weinig gedaan.
Lumbl dus. In '92 formeel opgericht.quote:
Ik sprak net iemand die een van die mensen en vriendin ook kent. Geen blauw idd. Het was een actie team die goed vanuit helikopters konden werken. Dat was nieuw blijkbaar. De opleiding niet groots.
Poetin is zijn hele leven lang al een rat, hij is als straatcrimineel opgegroeid en heeft voor de KGB in Dresden gewerkt, wat indertijd niet bepaald de place to be was voor veiligheidsdienst medewerkers. (dat was nl. Berlijn) Je moet door zijn geopolitieke geraaskal over een multipolaire wereld, invloedssferen en prinsen met namen als "Rurik" heen kijken en beseffen dat je te maken hebt met een rat die op straat opgegroeid is tot maffiabaas.quote:
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Je hoort mij niet zeggen dat hij een lieverdje is.
De val van de Sovjet-Unie vond hij de grootste ramp van de 20e eeuw zelfs. Maar ik denk dat jij te veel door een Westerse bril naar Putin kijkt. Die man denkt bijvoorbeeld in invloedsferen. Dat doen wij hier in het Westen (voortaan) niet. Dat een mensenleven in Rusland veel minder waard is dan bij ons staat vast, maar ik vind ook dat we Putin/Rusland via de diplomatieke weg beter / slimmer hadden kunnen / moeten behandelen. Dat had een hoop ellende kunnen voorkomen. Waarmee ik niet zeg dat je alles maar moet slikken natuurlijk.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer...
Hem als staatshoofd zien en hem ook zo behandelen is een enorme blunder gebleken.
Tja, ik vond dat vorig jaar wel meevallen, ben er ook geen enkele Rus tegengekomen.. Ze hebben er misschien nog huizen, maar de liefde is wel een stuk minder geworden.quote:Op zaterdag 17 februari 2024 09:54 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
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Zo solidair dat dat halve land draait op Rusland...
Google 'Rusland cyprus' en je krijgt zo duizenden hits dat ze altijd een innige band hebben gehad.
Overigens zijn Cyprus en Griekenland voor een groot deel 4 handen op 1 buik. Die hebben vaak dezelfde belangen.
Kierkegaard: Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards, But It Must Be Lived Forwards
Maar waarom houden ze het dan tegen?quote:
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Ik was er in maart. Ze voelen zich heel solidair met Oekraine. Misschien vanwege hun situatie met het bezette Turkse deel van hun land.
1/10 Van de rappers dankt zijn bestaan in Amerika aan de Nederlanders die zijn voorouders met een cruiseschip uit hun hongerige landen ophaalde om te werken op prachtige plantages.
"Oorlog is de overtreffende trap van concurrentie."
"Oorlog is de overtreffende trap van concurrentie."
Ah, ik las het verkeerd, dacht dat ze juist pro waren.quote:
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Maar waarom houden ze het dan tegen?
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